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Reduced risk of severe COVID-19 with lithium use: a large-scale comparison with valproate users and other COVID-19 patients

Frontiers in Psychiatry
BackgroundLithium, a commonly used mood stabilizer with immunomodulatory and antiviral properties, has been hypothesized to lessen the severity of COVID-19, but population-level evidence remains limited.MethodsIn this retrospective cohort study, we ...
Chen Avni, Chen Avni, Uri Blasbalg, Paz Toren, Paz Toren   +4 more
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Helping people with psychosis to expand their social networks: the stakeholders’ views

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background People with psychosis experience more social isolation than any other diagnostic group and have smaller social networks than the general population. This isolation can have a detrimental effect on quality of life.
Helena Tee, Stefan Priebe, Carlos Santos, Penny Xanthopoulou, Martin Webber, Domenico Giacco   +5 more
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Using photovoice to understand community perceptions of firearm risks and protective factors among Asian Americans

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu, Szu‐Hsien Chen, Xining Yang, Ken Resnicow, Hsing‐Fang Hsieh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mental healthcare in rural Greece: an overview

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience & Mental Health, 2019
This article summarizes the current state of mental healthcare delivery in rural areas in Greece. Mental health services for common mental disorders are provided by primary care physicians, whereas local community mental health centers (CMHCs) and the ...
Vaios Peritogiannis
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“You can kind of just feel the power behind what someone's saying”: a participatory-realist evaluation of peer support for young people coping with complex mental health and substance use challenges

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Youth peer support, as a practice that aligns youth engagement and participatory approaches, has become increasingly popular in the context of youth mental health services.
Tanya Halsall, Mardi Daley, Lisa Hawke, Joanna Henderson, Kimberly Matheson   +4 more
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Age Discrimination in Mental Health Services [PDF]

, 2008
The UK government is currently (June 2008) considering the introduction of legislation to outlaw age discrimination in the provision of public services.
Fernández, José-Luis, Snell, Tom, Winter, Beth, McCrone, Paul, Beecham, Jennifer, Mangalore, Roshni, Wittenberg, Raphael, Knapp, Martin R J., Huxley, Peter   +8 more
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B/ordering and healthcare access for migrants with precarious status: The role of healthcare workers in counteracting restrictive policies

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné, Jill Hanley, Élise Bourgeois‐Guérin, Pénélope Boudreault   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Two years and counting: The dynamics of long‐term youth mentoring and association with parent and peer relationships

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The current study seeks to explore the reciprocal associations between mentor–mentee relationship strength and relationships with parents and peers across 2 years of mentoring. It is a secondary analysis of data collected by a national mentoring organization from youth (N = 1368; M age = 11.5 years; 59% female; White [n = 629], 30% Black [n ...
Westley L. Fallavollita, Michael D. Lyons   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenging Neo-Colonialism and Essentialism

Critical Social Work, 2019
The settlement services sector in Toronto, Canada has faced difficulties in responding to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ) immigrant youth in ways that respect their specific experiences.
June Ying Yee, Zack Marshall, Tess Vo
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Sliabh Mis Mental Health Admission Unit, University Hospital Kerry, Focused Inspection Report 14 April 2016 [PDF]

, 2016
The principal functions of the Mental Health Commission are to promote, encourage and foster the establishment and maintenance of high standards and good practices in the delivery of mental health services and to take all reasonable steps to protect the ...
Mental Health Commission (MHC)
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